Improved bottle-stopper or cap



i m Qtr/@tw JAMES QUINN ANDGEORGE W, PUTNAM, or BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

'Leners raam N o. 86,446, dared Fama/fg 2, 1869,

IMPRovnD BOTTLE-STOPPER 0R ce?.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the same.

To all pm'sons to whom these presents may come:

Be it known that we, JAMES QUINN and GORGE W. PUTNAM, of Boston, of the county of Sutlolk, and,

speciiication, and represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a side view, and

Figure 2, a vertical'section oi a bottle, with its metallic cap, provided with our invention.

Our invention consists of an improved cap or cover, to be applied to bottles, 86o., such -as are used `for holding vinegar, pepper-sauce, catchup, sirups, molasses, or other liquids, or semi-liquidsz and such cap is constructed as't'ollows:

This cap; or cover, which is exhibted at A, as applied to the glass-bottle B, is so constructed that the liquids or semi-liquids will pass freely out without the usual' diiicnlty which attends the operation of discharging the same, with caps, or covers, as they are usually made. This diiiiculty is caused mainly or entirely. by want of vent. for lthe air which is in the bottle.

When the bottle is at rest, the air being lighter than the liquid, takes position on top of the said liquid.

When the bottle is inverted, the air 'comes to the bottom part of the bottle, and, by reason of atmosphericpres'sure, it is found to be very diioult to eject the liquid contents through the discharge-tube orpipe placed, as it generally is, perpendicularly in the top of thecap. Y

In carrying out our invention, Wehave two pipes or tubes, a b', placed horizontally, one onV each side o f the cap or cover Aq The bottle, with our cap or cover, is therefore heldA in' a horizontal position when pouring the contents, and the liquid runs out ofthe bottle through the pipe, on the lower side.

When the bottle is thus heldhorizontally, the Iair7 of course, lies along the upper side of the bottle, above the liquid, and will freely pass in or out of the tube or pipe, on the upper side-ofl the'cap or cover, thus giving the bottle thel air-vent which is needed; cr, instead ofhaving a pipe or tube placed onV each side of the cap, or cover, tube cr pipe may be placed on one side only, and a venthole made fon the opposite Side ofthe said cap, or cover, the effect being substantially the same in both cases. This is shown in Figure 3, which is a section of a cap so made, c being theventhole, and d, the eduction-pipe.

In addition to the above, we arrange to have' a per- 1forated disk, or a strainer, C, of metal, or other suitable material, placed inside the capv or cover, or in the mouth or the neck ci the bottle, such being to keep back the seeds, pulp, ctc., of the pepper-sauce, catchup, &c., and-'prevent the same from clogging. the discharge-tubes or pipes above named; or the said strainer able.

In addition to the above, there may be a cover placed or screwed on the outside end of each discharge-tube or pipe, and this cover may be perforated, as shown at d in iig. 3, or otherwise' arranged as a strainer'.

If desirable, the tubes or pipes above-named may be inclined, or slightly elevated from a horizontal position, so that the liquidsA may not lodge in them, but run back into the bottle when the rest.

The .ends-of the above-mentioned tubes or pipes may also be provided with covers f f, to lscrew on, or

to be otherwise fitted to them, if desirable, so aste keep ont -the dust, and prevent the evaporation ofthe contents .of the bottle, when the same is not being used.

We are aware that a bottle-stopper, consisting of a common cork or plug, and two pipes or tubes passing lengthwise through it,- is an old device, and consequently we make no claim thereto, our improvement having reference to a'chambered cap, to screw or iit oir-the neck of a bottle, and such a cap We provide with vents, to lead out of its sides, and in opposite directions iiom the axis of the cap,` and this cap we form with a shoulder arranged over its screw, in man- 'neras representedlin fig. 2, the purpose of the shoulder being to hold the strainer C in place in the mouth of the bottle, when the cap is screwed or tted thereon.

By our arrangement of the 'airy-vent with the discharge-tube, and so as to open ont ofthe sides ofthe cap, there is little or no danger of any of the contents of the bottle getting into and passing through the airvent whilethe bottle isin the act of being turned down to discharge its contents through the pipe b.

Thus it will be seen that our arrangement has important advantages over that where the two pipes lead lengthwise through a stopper, as in such case the liquid contents of the bottle'are likely to be'discharged from both of the pipes, unless great care is 'taken in turning down 'the bottle.

What, therefore, We claim, is-

The -cap A, asV chambered, andas having the airinlet and the reduction-pipes a I) arranged with respect to it and each other, viz, vto lead. laterally in opposite directions from and out of its sides, in manner substantially as described, such cap being either with or Without a strainer arranged on it, as set forth.

JAMES QUINN.. GEORGE W. PUTNAM.

Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, J J. R. Snow.

may be made of wire or cloth, 85e., as may be dcsirsame may be at 

